Promote sustained attention to and funding of addiction prevention and recovery programs, including accessible programs in rural areas

Support healthcare workers to earn good wages and benefits that enable them to support their families and focus on patient care

Support and protect sexual and reproductive health and rights for all

Economic Development

Affordable broadband access for every home, school and business

Support small businesses and worker-owned cooperatives

Raise the minimum wage to $15/hour for all workers, with no sub-wage

Support regional centers for processing and manufacturing

Environment, Food Systems, & Climate Change

Promote 100% renewable energy use through state subsidies and carbon tax; eliminate additional electric charges on homes with solar arrays; promote community solar

Protect our environmental wealth in Western Mass through increased land conservation and protection efforts for sustainable agriculture, recreation, tourism, and ecosystem health

Promote local food systems and farmers, protect and increase funding for the Healthy Incentives Program, and protect healthy soil, pollinators, and ecosystems for food production and human and environmental wellbeing